Managing SAP Groups

The SAP Tasks page of the software provides links to create and manage SAP groups.

This section describes the following tasks:

• How to List SAP Instances In a Group

• How to List SAP Groups

• How to Modify an SAP Group

How to List SAP Instances In a Group

This procedure generates a list of SAP instances in an SAP logon group or Remote Function Call (RFC) logon group. The output is written to the STDOUT file.

Steps

1. In the Common Tasks section of the N1 SPS browser interface, click SAP.

2. In the Utilities for SAP Groups section of the SAP Tasks page, click Get SAP Instances.

3. Click Run.

4. Select the target host or target host set.

5. Provide the plan variables.

   Group identifier

   This is a required field. Type L for login group or type S for server group. Default value: L.

   Logical host name for SAP system

   This is a required field.

   SAP SID

   This is a required field. A three–character alphanumeric identifier.

   SAP instance number

   This is a required field. A two–digit number.

   SAP RFC client that runs RFC calls

   This is a required field. A three–digit number. Default value: 000.

   SAP user that runs RFC calls

   This is a required field. SAP userid. Default value: sap*.

   RFC user password

   This is a required field.

   SAP logon group or RFC server group name

   This is a required field.

6. Click the Run Plan (Includes Preflight) button.

   The Deployment Results page is displayed. If the plan fails, error messages are displayed.

How to List SAP Groups

This task retrieves SAP logon or server groups for an SAP instance. The results are in stdout.

Before You Begin

For the plan to run successfully, the file systems on the target host must be mounted.

Steps

1. In the Common Tasks section of the N1 SPS browser interface, click SAP.

2. In the Utilities for SAP Groups section of the SAP Tasks page, click Get SAP Group.

3. Click Run.

4. Select the target host or target host set.

5. Provide the plan variables.

   Group identifier

   This is a required field. Type L for login group or type S for server group. Default value: L.

   Logical host name for SAP system

   This is a required field.

   SAP SID

   This is a required field. A three–character alphanumeric identifier.

   SAP instance number

   This is a required field. A two–digit number.

   SAP RFC client that runs RFC calls

   This is a required field. Default value: 000.

   SAP user that runs RFC calls

   This is a required field. Default value: sap*.

   RFC user password

   This is a required field.

   SAP logon group or RFC server group name

   This is a required field.

6. Click the Run Plan (Includes Preflight) button.

   The Deployment Results page is displayed. If the plan fails, error messages are displayed.

How to Modify an SAP Group

An SAP group can be a logon group or a server group. Modifying an SAP group either adds an instance to the group or removes an instance from the group.

The following plan parameters identify which SAP system we will call the RFC to list or modify the logon or server group.

• Logical Host Name for SAP System

• SAP Instance Number

• SAP SID

Steps

1. In the Common Tasks section of the N1 SPS browser interface, click SAP.

2. In the Utilities for SAP Groups section of the SAP Tasks page, click Modify SAP Group.

3. Click Run.

4. Select the target host or target host set.

5. Provide the plan variables.

   Group identifier

   This is a required field. Type L for login group or type S for server group. Default value: L.

   Logical host name for SAP system

   This is a required field.

   SAP SID

   This is a required field. A three–character alphanumeric identifier.

   SAP instance to modify

   Instance name that corresponds to the SAP instance name.

   SAP groups containing SAP instance to modify

   This is a required field. Group names should be comma-delimited.

   I to insert the instance, R to remove the instance from the group

   Default value: I.

   RFC client

   Default value: 000.

   RFC user

   Default value: ddic.

   RFC user password

   This is a required field.

6. Click the Run Plan (Includes Preflight) button.

   The Deployment Results page is displayed. If the plan fails, error messages are displayed.

   Results are in STDOUT.